There are a lot of good religious people (like Cho), of course, but in my experience they are outnumbered to a rediculous degree. For this reason I feel bad for them. They might be going the right way on a one-way street, but the heavy traffic going the wrong way has basically made the sign moot.

I don’t think whether we are religious or not should matter to anyone — because it simply reveals nothing useful to other people. I knew Margaret Cho was good a long time ago, and only now do I learn she is a devout Christian. I’m happy for her if it makes her happy, but it has no bearing on my judgement of her, except I super-double love people who call out mean people over their hypocritically pious meanness.

George Bush is religious; I consider this inarguably true. He says he is, and I have no reason to doubt him. However, he is also evil, which I and a lot of other people find inconvenient in a politician.

But whether we are good should matter a hell of a lot more than it does. That should be the scale we weigh our friends on — and our candidates.